Originally Posted by sehgalanuj

At this moment, I think the crowd size of PFLs is looking very large and I can imagine there are many PFLs who are starting to reduce their flying so they can make status with StarAlliance and One World. While it makes no sense to me personally, but it appears to be something people like to do a lot. With a fixed status in SkyTeam, I can see this happening. So, as NickB suggested, this group of pension earners looks suddenly large and very impactful, especially compared to the trickle. If the thinking internally is that past money is past, and only future money someone can contribute matters, then it makes sense that a PFL's expenses are being looked at even more closely.